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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… March 2015, Cancún, Mexico “Combating desertifi cation/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … Mexico http://3sc.unccd.int “Combating desertification/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and … UNCCD Scientific Conference on “combating desertification/land degradation and drought for poverty reduction and …
Desertification: the invisible frontline
… afghanistan were in before local conflicts over water or land turned into civil wars, sexual violence or genocide. nor … a billion inhabitants are rural, a majority lives off the land and desertification is a constant threat to their … than 1.5 billion people in the world depend on degrading land, and 74% of them, like Maria, are poor. Under the United …
The UNCCD: Laying the groundwork for future security (2014-2015)
… we face are complex. But by better implementing good land management practices, we can simultaneously help … and secure sustainable agricultural and energy production. Land truly is the glue that holds our societies together. Reversing the effects of land degradation and desertification through sustainable land …
Desertification and Climate Change
… burning of fossil fuels and changes in land cover—are modifying the concentration of atmospheric … W O RL D B A N K period results from fossil fuel use, with land use change providing another signifi cant but smaller … in the 21st century is expected to be greatest over land and at the highest northern latitudes. For the next two …
Desertification - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… or loss of biological or economic productivity of land resulting from land use or from processes such as water or wind erosion. The … deserts. The Convention defines desertification as, “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas …
Haze Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Southeast Asia is particularly confronted with forest and land fires. The worst fires accompanied by smoke haze broke … in causing and exacerbating the effects of forest and land fires. The El Niño weather phenomenon interferes with … patterns and thus causes severe droughts, which make land and forests more susceptible to fires. In addition, …
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… a number of conventions dealing with matters related to land degradation, desertification and/or drought, such as the … focusing specifically on the problem of desertification, land degradation and drought is the United Nations Convention … objectives that relate to the integrated development of land, control of soil erosion, deforestation, reclamation of …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… grow within NOx emission inventories as emissions from land-based sources are reduced progressively. 52 UPDATED … This is a 157,000-km2 area consisting of a strip of land 1,100 km long and averaging 140 km in width stretching … in annex II. 3. In addition, any Party: (a) Whose total land area is greater than 2 million square kilometres; (b) …